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tion of the literary man I have mentioned had determined one to attempt the enterprise , it was begun , a thousand voices uniting to announce that it would not succeed . — -At the end of one month success wasp certain . I was sure that it would be so ; upt that I exaggerated my talents ;
I am as far as ever from thinking that this work has succeeded be « cause it has heen written by me : but I think that the want of such a work was felt so much by the public , that it was sure to be caught up with eagerness . This conviction gave me the courage to undertake it , and its being so well timed is sufficient by itself to explain the great number of copies which have been sold .
My intention at first was only to publish twenty-four tales ; but as the taxes are a subject towards which the public mind is particularly directed at present , and as there is the greatest necessity that the people should be enlightened with regard to them , I have resolved to enlarge my plan , and to go as far as thirty tales . As if ; has been erroneously supposed that my work was finished before J began the publication of it , I am glad to have an opportunity
of telling you , that I only write each tale in the month before it is printed , that I may have the advantage of the newest discoveries upon the subject of which I treat . No one but myself sees them before they are given to the printer , and no one has ever helped me in their compilation . My brother , the only individual whose assistance I could accept , lives at Liverpool . I cannot therefore consult him . Last autumn I quitted Norwich for London , where I intend to remain .
Besides my Tales , which appear monthly , I have just undertaken a little series of four numbers on our system of poor laws , which will be circulated by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge . The first , entitled ' The Parish / came out a fortnight ago ; the second will be published in the course of the summer . There is not at present any portrait of me published , but Finden is engraving one on steel , which will , I believe , soon be out . *
I think I have answered all your questions ; nothing remains but to assure you of the interest with which I shall see your translation . I shall be happy to own myself indebted to you , if , through your means , I can render to the French people the services that my countrymen have allowed me to render to them . I am , Sir , very sincerely , yours , &c . Harriet Martineau . * It has just appeared , and is from an admirable likeness by Miss Margaret Gillies , of whom , as an artist yet little known , we cannot refrain from saying that her rapu ) improvement in colouring , and her rare combination of classical taste with boldness of design , promise tp win for her the honours of her art . —Ed . M . R .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1833, page 615, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2622/page/31/
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